(Capo 1st fret)
          G  D  C  G
                            G                 F                       G
                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                                                                          C                         D
                            Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
                                  C                            G             Em                       C
                            But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
                         G                  D                        G
                            That I was born a ramblin' man

               G                    C                         G
         My father was a gambler down in Georgia
                                                  C                       D
         And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun
                C                          G                   Em                 C
         And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
     G                       D                      G
         Rolling down highway forty-one

                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
                            But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
                            That I was born a ramblin' man
                                             *Solo*   (intro & verse)

         I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning
         Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee
         They're always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord
         Them delta women think the world of me.

                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
                            But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
                            That I was born a ramblin' man

                            G                 F                       G
                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                                              *Solo*    G  F  G  (repeat n fade...)